Several folks — first among them, Gabriel August Neeb — sent me this link to an article stating that the Souplantation chain (aka Sweet Tomatoes) will not reopen after it's okay to reopen. They'd been in financial trouble for some time and I guess they figure that self-service buffet-style restaurants will not make an astonishing recovery. As you all know and probably don't particularly care, I really, really liked the tomato soup that they sometimes had on their menu. I'll be sad if this report turns out to be true and it's probably true.
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